Quote:
Originally Posted by monir
The population certainly is in decline. wasn't the human population almost exterminated until the giant walls were erected? The current population is counted in millions compared to billions before the Giants made their appearance. Then came the 100 years of cessation of extermination by the Giants for unknown reason. The population didn't explode in that duration because of other catalyst (limitation of land thanks to the self-confinement of those walls, food, famine, disease, etc. ) that were present in the absence of the Giants. So yes, the population has indeed been in decline, but reached a plateau during that hundred years. Now once again the curve is pointing south with the appearance of the Giants.
|
You should be aware that basically all of the history from before the construction of the walls has been lost. In fact, even the history of the construction of the walls is mostly unknown as well. There is actually no factual basis for assuming that this is the last bastion of humankind. It is only the last bastion of humankind
as far as the average citizen of this society knows. For all they know, the titans could be a form of biological weaponry being deployed by a foreign power that we are currently unaware of. Perhaps the weapon backfired and even the foreign power was wiped out, but there is no evidence of that.
My point is only that
this society has basically no knowledge of the vast world beyond their walls. The idea of oceans are even just a myth to them. They might very well comprise only 1% of the total human population of the world, and they would have no clue that this is the case because of just how extensive their isolationism is.